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current affairs

A collection of 105 issues

France Vingt-Quatre.

Hmmm, France 24; le CNN Français, n’est-ce pas? Je dois l’écouter.

Farewell, Barbaro.

by Neylano. I’ve been loosely following the story of Barbaro, the famed racehorse who won the Kentucky Derby and was favored to win the Triple Crown until he shattered three bones in his hind leg during the Preakness last May in Baltimore. The news of his euthanization on Monday

Nice.

A death threat at Seattle Central where I teach: May 30, 2007 As we first reported on Friday, May 25, a message with a threat to commit mass violence on campus was discovered in the men’s restroom in the Science and Mathematics Building. It was written on a toilet

Vote. Yes, we can.

For the laid-off designer.

Luckily, my job has not yet been affected by this nightmare that is our current economy; I count myself very fortunate to be among the still-employed (knock on wood, or fake wood stickers, as the case may be). But for those of you who have been shit-canned, here’s something

Soul shirt.

If I could have one t-shirt to wear to the inauguration tomorrow, this would be it! From the New York Times slideshow, "So Much More Than T-Shirts".

High G.D.P. Man?

While reading The Rise and Fall of the G.D.P. in a recent Sunday New York Times Magazine. I called Will right after reading this paragraph because it reminded me so much of him, especially the part about the wrinkled khakis: But criticisms of G.D.P. go deeper

Is the new iPhone video sexist?

Disclaimer: This is my blog and I’ll bitch and whine if I want to. I watched the new iPhone video last for the first time last week and paused for a moment after it ended, wondering if there were any women on the team that built it. “Where are